Scientists found that compared with both their normal diet and a low fat diet those who ate the walnuts had much lower cholesterol levels.
Today the New England Journal of Medicine has published a Spanish study comparing two versions of the Mediterranean diet with a low fat diet and the result is important news if you are interested in reducing your risk of heart disease and stroke.
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Low-fat diet advocates point out that while the control group participants were advised to follow a low-fat diet, they didn't necessarily do so.
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The other was told to eat 30 grams of nuts (walnuts, almonds and hazelnuts) every day. (The participants were given the olive oil and nuts.) The control group was told to follow a low-fat diet consisting of fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy products, bread, pasta and fish.
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They compared a Mediterranean diet that emphasized extra virgin olive oil, a Mediterranean diet that emphasized nuts and a low fat diet.
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Other journal reports proclaimed that the Atkins diet, which I drub, was in reality a better diet than the traditional low-fat diet, while still others showed that those who lost weight on Atkins usually regained it after a year.
The Mediterranean diet discouraged soda drinks and the low-fat diet discouraged vegetable oils, nuts, fried snacks, visible fat in meats and soup, fatty fish and tomato sauce.
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But Miller, now 65, a former hospital food-service director in West Virginia, discovered a lifesaver--not more drugs but a program of daily exercise, stress reduction, group support and a diet very low in fat and high in vegetables and whole grains.
Those on the low-glycemic-index diet burned about 150 calories a day more than those on the low-fat diet without any negative impacts on cholesterol levels or various hormones, making it the ideal diet, Dr. Ludwig said.
The study (PDF) used laboratory rats that were fed either a high-fat or low-fat diet of rat vittles.
Still, if you're trying to limit saturated fat in your diet by enjoying low- and fat-free foods, the trade-off may be worth it if you limit sodium in other areas.
In a study of people with a gene that put them at higher risk for Alzheimer's, those who ate a high-fat diet were seven times more likely to develop the disease than those who ate a low-fat diet, researchers reported.
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Dr Ignarro recommended a combination of moderate exercise, low fat diet and easily available dietary supplements.
You've been "conserving" calories for years -- with diet sodas, low-fat milk and lately with fat-free potato chips.
Remember when experts promoted a low fat diet for people who wanted to reduce their risk of heart disease.
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Researchers caution this doesn't mean a low fat diet doesn't provide benefit.
Epidemiologist Shirley Beresford says there was a significant decrease in polyps in the colon and rectum among women who maintained a low fat diet.
These are that eating a diet which is low in fat and high in starch reduces the risk to the consumer of developing heart disease and cancer, and also promotes weight loss.
Two years later those who ate the Mediterranean diet had half the risk of heart attack and sudden cardiac death compared with those who stayed on the regular low-fat diet, even though their cholesterol declined only a modest 14%.
The only way to manage the condition is by having a very low-fat diet.
However, since the federal government began promoting a low-fat diet, obesity rates in the U.S. have soared.
LeMole was also among the first physicians to advocate a low-fat diet for his patients, which, although now routine, was ridiculed when he proposed it.
In an article in the Huffington Post, he notes that at no time in the trial did the control group test a true low-fat diet.
Thereafter, during the first 3 years of the trial, they received a leaflet explaining the low-fat diet (Table S2 in the Supplementary Appendix) on a yearly basis.
The participants eating the low-fat diet ate three or more servings of fish or seafood a week and the same amount of fruit and vegetables as the Mediterranean diet groups.
While I don't advocate an ultra low-fat diet, because fat has more than double the calories per gram of either protein or carbohydrates, it is the simplest way to cut calories.
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Despite the additional calories, results showed that participants eating the Med way had a 30 percent lower risk of major cardiovascular problems compared to those who were told to follow a low-fat diet.
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That cannot be interpreted in any way as a good reason to think that the result we found is due to not promoting the low-fat diet, but because of the superiority of the Mediterranean diets.
Dr. Ludwig said those on the low-carb diet had the biggest boost in total energy expenditure, burning about 300 calories more per day than those on the low-fat diet about the same as an hour of moderate exercise.
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